Egypt to export 12 million tons of natural gas in 2019-2020

Tue, May. 14, 2019

CAIRO - 14 June 2019: The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) is anticipated to export 12 million tons of natural gas worth US $2 billion (LE 36 billion) during the upcoming fiscal year 2019-2020, an EGPC official said before the parliament on Tuesday.

EGPC representative Ayman Othman stated that 4 million tons of natural gas worth US $589 million (LE10 billion) were exported during the fiscal year 2018-2019.

The Energy and Environment Committee approved on Tuesday the draft budget for the oil sector for fiscal year 2019-2020. The Committee recommended that a detailed budget should be prepared later, including actual figures for the sector.

Othman showed the details of the plan for EGPC during the new financial year. He pointed out that the natural gas production sector has witnessed a boom recently.

“The total money contributed from EGPC to the State Treasury during the new fiscal year will reach LE91.3 billion,” Othman said.